2025 Vikings Open

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32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Canberra, Australia. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1997, and top seed was Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2340).

Frederick Litchfield (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2136) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Masaki Horikawa (4.5) and Jacek Stopa (4.5). Litchfield won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: James Abhayaratna (1514) beat Olaoluwa Fasakin (1823), a +309-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Canberra, Australia

Dates

21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱GMJacek Stopa2340

Avg top 10

1,997

Participants

Titled players · 3

GM×1

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇦🇺Australia×28

🇳🇵Nepal×1

🇲🇴Macau China×1

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

Top 3

🥇
FMFrederick Litchfield
🇦🇺AUS·2136
4.5pts·2179perf+8.8
🥈
Masaki Horikawa
🇦🇺AUS·1995
4.5pts·2166perf+52.4
🥉
GMJacek Stopa
🇵🇱POL·2340
4.5pts·2356perf+1.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Horikawa4.5Litchfield4.5Stopa4.5Cheng4Abhayaratna4Yin4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Masaki Horikawa held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/6. Litchfield takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Masaki Horikawa drew with FM Frederick Litchfield (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Masaki Horikawa	*	½	0	1
2FMFrederick Litchfield	½	*	½	—
3GMJacek Stopa	1	½	*	—
4Larry Cheng	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Litchfield, FrederickFM	2136	AUS	+17B	+7N	+10B	=2N	=3B	=6N	4.5	21.0	24.0	17.50	2179	+8.8
2	Horikawa, Masaki	1995	AUS	+9B	+15N	+5B	=1B	+8N	−3N	4.5	21.0	24.0	17.25	2166	+52.4
3	Stopa, JacekGM	2340	POL	F	+23B	+4N	+13B	=1N	+2B	4.5	18.0	18.0	15.75	2356	+1.0
4	Anup Kumar, Vihaan	1894	AUS	+22B	=6N	−3B	=7N	+13B	+15N	4.0	18.5	20.5	12.00	2004	+32.0
5	Fasakin, Oladoyin	1963	NGR	+13B	+11N	−2N	+28B	=14B	=8N	4.0	18.5	19.5	11.50	1881	-7.8
6	Li, HuiCM	2041	MAC	+12N	=4B	+21N	F	+10B	=1B	4.0	17.5	17.5	13.25	2128	+9.4
7	Fasakin, Olamide	1827	AUS	+32N	−1B	+9N	=4B	=12N	+21B	4.0	17.5	17.5	9.50	1875	+13.2
8	Eleutherios, Thomas	1934	AUS	+18N	=21B	+25B	+14N	−2B	=5B	4.0	16.5	18.5	11.00	1958	+11.6
9	Cheng, Larry	1706	AUS	−2N	+32B	−7B	+16N	+22B	+14N	4.0	16.5	16.5	8.00	1880	+53.2
10	Yin, Wenlin	1964	AUS	+31N	+26B	−1N	+23B	−6N	+12B	4.0	15.5	16.0	7.50	1993	+5.8
11	Abhayaratna, James	1514	AUS	+20N	−5B	=12N	=24B	+23N	+25B	4.0	13.5	15.5	9.00	1865	+104.0
12	Radisich, Matt	1745	AUS	−6B	+30N	=11B	+25N	=7B	−10N	3.0	18.0	19.0	7.00	1739	-1.4
13	Ingham, Glenn	1680	AUS	−5N	+27B	+19B	−3N	−4N	+28B	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.50	1738	+3.6
14	Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar	1871	AUS	=24N	+29B	+26N	−8B	=5N	−9B	3.0	16.0	17.0	6.00	1762	-15.0
15	Macmullin, Owen	1758	AUS	+27N	−2B	=16N	=21B	+24N	−4B	3.0	15.5	17.5	6.50	1707	-13.2
16	Pavlidis, Alexi	1623	AUS	F	=19N	=15B	−9B	+28N	+20N	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.25	1769	+15.4
17	Esposito, David	1746	AUS	−1N	+18B	−28N	+29B	−21N	+24B	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.00	1930	+17.4
18	Cooper, Matt	1677	AUS	−8B	−17N	+32B	+19N	F	+22N	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.50	1807	+34.8
19	Bhatt, Netra Raj	1789	NEP	=29N	=16B	−13N	−18B	=26N	+30B	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.00	1586	-32.2
20	Fasakin, Olaoluwa	1823	AUS	−11B	−22N	=29N	+27B	+31N	−16B	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.00	1444	-96.0
21	Yang, Teng	0	AUS	F	=8N	−6B	=15N	+17B	−7N	2.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1790	0.0
22	Cheng, Jerry	1673	AUS	−4N	+20B	−23N	+26B	−9N	−18B	2.0	15.5	17.5	4.50	1659	-4.4
23	Albert, Max	1775	AUS	+28B	−3N	+22B	−10N	−11B	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	1639	-15.8
24	Yu, Leiming	1663	AUS	=14B	−25N	+31B	=11N	−15B	−17N	2.0	15.0	15.5	4.00	1557	-17.0
25	Lakshman, Emmanuel	1518	AUS	F	+24B	−8N	−12B	+27N	−11N	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	1517	-4.4
26	Butler, Brian J	1831	AUS	+30B	−10N	−14B	−22N	=19B	=31N	2.0	12.5	13.0	2.50	1633	-31.0
27	Desai, Hakoo S	0	AUS	−15B	−13N	+30B	−20N	−25B	+29N	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.00	1512	0.0
28	Nelson, James	0	AUS	−23N	F	+17B	−5N	−16B	−13N	1.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1518	0.0
29	Luyen, Andy	1472	AUS	=19B	−14N	=20B	−17N	−30N	−27B	1.0	13.0	14.0	2.50	1520	+5.6
30	Rawat, Aarav	1570	AUS	−26N	−12B	−27N	F	+29B	−19N	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1516	-12.0
31	Quek, Alex	1681	AUS	−10B	F	−24N	F	−20B	=26B	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.00	1498	-32.0
32	Woollard, Kelvin	1535	AUS	−7B	−9N	−18N	F	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	937	-14.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Abhayaratna, JamesAUS
+104.0
4.0 pts · #5
2Cheng, LarryAUS
+53.2
4.0 pts · #4
3Horikawa, MasakiAUS
+52.4
4.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Fasakin, OlaoluwaAUS
-96.0
2.5 pts · #23
2Bhatt, Netra RajNEP
-32.2
2.5 pts · #16
3Quek, AlexAUS
-32.0
0.5 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R1+309 Elo gap
Abhayaratna, James1514 beat Fasakin, Olaoluwa1823
R5+261 Elo gap
Abhayaratna, James1514 beat Albert, Max1775
R6+200 Elo gap
Pavlidis, Alexi1623 beat Fasakin, Olaoluwa1823